A CAMPAIGN group is urging people to email Hinckley MP David Tredinnick with their date of birth - so he can provide them with a free horoscope.

Mark Wallace, the campaign director of The Taxpayers Alliance, wants people to get in touch with Mr Tredinnick after it was discovered he had spent hundreds of pounds on astrology software and consultancy.

Speaking to The Hinckley Times last week, Mr Tredinnick defended the claim, stating: “I wanted to look at an aspect of healthcare, particularly Indian medicine and also the work of a herbalist called Culpepper who linked healthcare to the movements of the planets.

“I contacted a professional and got some advice. I had already cleared it with the fees office.

“There are aspects of this such as plant cycles and the tides that are linked to the moon.

“That’s a fact of life and there is a school of thought that says the moon affects other things as well.

“It’s easy to make fun of me over this but the fact is there is a link.”

But Mr Wallace has hit back, saying: “This is absurd. Leaving aside the utterly dubious nature of the idea that you can predict anything from the stars, still less that we should use their relationship to plants in the NHS, it simply is not necessary for an MP to train themselves up in a pet subject like this and expect taxpayers to foot the bill.

“If needs be, consult experts and critics on an issue you have been asked to comment on, don’t take a professional course in it and bill the public.

“By comparison, while he has been busy tracking the predictions of heavenly

bodies, he has apparently not bothered to set up a website to communicate with his constituents.

“Here’s an idea - you paid for Mr Tredinnick to become an astrologer, why not get your money’s worth and email him your date of birth so he can do you a